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..7%-6.4% be classified as prediabetic, indicating increased risk for the emergence of diabetes mellitus. At the same time, the ADA formulated guidelines for the use of metformin for the treatment of prediabetes...

..The hospital outcome of patients with dementia is significantly worse than that of cognitively intact persons of the same age admitted to medical or surgical units but has not been investigated in psychiatric settings...

Does antipsychotic polypharmacy increase the risk for metabolic syndrome?

..To determine whether the coprescribing of two or more antipsychotics, a relatively frequent practice with little data to support its safety and efficacy, is associated with an increased prevalence of metabolic syndrome...

..Admission hyponatremia is associated with an increased rate of significant medical deteriorations of psychiatric inpatients and should trigger enhanced clinical monitoring to identify and treat somatic disorders...

QT interval duration and dispersion in children and adolescents treated with ziprasidone

..To assess the incidence of symptoms (palpitations, syncope) and electrocardiographic signs (increased QT duration and dispersion) of an increased risk of torsades de pointes in youth treated with ziprasidone...

..Emergency transfers to a general hospital are a reasonable marker of significant medical deterioration, but have not been assessed systematically...

Effectiveness of a cognitive behavioral weight management intervention in obese patients with psychotic disorders compared to patients with nonpsychotic disorders or no psychiatric disorders: results from a 12-month, real-world study

..Lowering low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C) to individualized targets of 100, 130 or 160 mg/dl reduces the risk of CHD. We determined the prevalence of above-target LDL-C and its management during psychiatric hospitalization...

..The aim of this review was to summarize the risk of osteoporosis and bone fractures in schizophrenia patients. Moreover, we aimed to examine the impact of antipsychotic-induced hyperprolactinemia on bone metabolism...

..Clinicians treating elderly patients with a combination of serotonergic antidepressants and atypical antipsychotics for psychotic depression should be aware of the potential for serotonin syndrome...

Increases in C-reactive protein may predict recurrence of clozapine-induced fever

..We report for the first time the emergence of Acanthosis nigricans, a dermatological correlate of insulin resistance, during treatment with aripiprazole in an adolescent with a family history of diabetes mellitus. ..